Shandong Science ›› 2023, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 1-9.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2023.03.001

• Pharmacology and Toxicology •     Next Articles

Exploration of the dosing pattern and anti-respiratory syncytial virus mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine based on data mining and network pharmacology

SUN Tiefeng1(), DONG Limin2, JIAO Ziqi1, WANG Ping1,3,*()   

  1. 1. Shandong Academic of Chinese Medicine,Jinan 250014, China
    2. Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250355,China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Precision Testing Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2022-08-15 Online:2023-06-20 Published:2023-06-07

Abstract:

The study aims to analyze the anti-respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) dosing pattern of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) using data mining and network pharmacology, and to explore the possible mechanisms of core TCM. The CNKI database was searched to retrieve TCM prescriptions for treating RSV studies. SPSS Statistics 26.0 was used to classify and explore the qualified TCMs on their frequency, nature, taste, four qi and five flavors and their efficacy. Systematic cluster analysis was performed on the TCMs with a frequency greater than five. The compounds and targets were screened using the traditional Chinese medicine systematic pharmacology analysis platform. The above targets were then matched with the RSV disease targets obtained from GeneCards/OMIM database to obtain the key targets of high frequency anti-RSV TCM. Protein-protein interaction network analysis of the key targets was performed using the STRING platform, DAVID database, and the Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes enrichment analysis. Finally, the Chinese herbal medicine-active ingredient-key target-pathway network was constructed using Cytoscape 3.7.1 software and topology analysis was performed. Ninety-one TCM compound prescriptions were identified which involves 121 TCMs that met the criteria. Among them, heat-clearing drugs, phlegm-relieving, cough-suppressing, and asthma-suppressing drugs were mostly found, with the majority attributed to the lung and liver meridians, mainly cold, warm, flat, bitter, pungent, and sweet. Ephedrae Herba, Scutellariae Radix, licorice, and Amygdalus Communis Vas had the highest cumulative frequency and were clustered into one category. A total of 126 active ingredients of Ephedra Herba, Scutellariae Radix, Glycyrrhizae Radix Et Rhizoma, and Armeniacae Semen Amarum were obtained. A total of 110 anti-RSV key targets were obtained, the core targets include GSR, TP53, SOD1, etc., cancer pathway, fluid shear and atherosclerosis pathway, AGE-RAGE signaling pathway, blood lipids and atherosclerotic lipids, etc.

Key words: traditional Chinese medicine compounding, respiratory syncytial virus, dosing pattern, mechanism of action, data mining, network pharmacology

CLC Number: 

  • R285